ABSTRACT
Emergency Implementation Science (EIS) is a rapidly growing sub-discipline. EIS is a body of knowledge about rapid change and methods and tools for making and researching changes to behaviours, organizations, and systems. Examples are knowledge about rapid implementation of virtual learning for schools, of correct use of personal protective equipment, and of plans to respond to an emergency situation, such as an earthquake or terrorist attack. EIS covers a broad range of sectors, subjects, and changes at the individual, service unit, organization, or whole system levels. It includes multilevel changes that need coordination, such as a community response to a pandemic, as well as rapid changes to computer systems including linking databases, providing simulation models, and applying machine learning and artificial intelligence learning and feedback. This overview considers one growing field of EIS, which applies and develops implementation science to enable more effective and rapid change in healthcare responses to emergencies.
